The Flickr Files: Analyzing Photos of Obama on the Phone

Did you ever notice that every third photo posted to the official White House Flickr feed is a shot of Barack Obama conducting a telephone conversation in varying states of unhappiness and duress? Just a few days ago, for example, Obama was snapped chatting on the phone with the president of Guatemala. What were they talking about? And what does Obama’s body language tell us about how he felt about whatever they were talking about? Answers to the nagging Guatemalan president question—and many of Obama’s other well-documented phone calls—below.